Rachel Bootsma

NCAA Women’s 100 Back Preview: Bootsma, Bartholomew Chasing Coughlin’s Record

Last season, Bootsma and Bartholomew were the only 2 women under 51 seconds. This year, we’ve already seen 6 women under that mark in the lead up to NCAAs, led by newcomer Amy Bilquist.

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2016 W. NCAA Picks: Sans Teammate Manuel, Lia Neal a 100 Free Favorite

With Simone Manuel redshirting this season for Stanford, look for Manuel’s teammate and top-seed Lia Neal to take home the win in the 100 freestyle at NCAA’s.

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Scoring Out The 2016 NCAA DI Psych Sheet – Women’s Edition

California will be competing to defend their NCAA title. If they win this year, it will be their fifth national championship in program history.

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2016 Women’s Pac-12 Championships: Day 4 Prelims Live Recap

Today is the final day of competition at the 2016 women’s Pac-12 Championships in Federal Way. With the team battles still extremely close, we’ll see each team looking to get their swimmers into finals of the 200 stroke events and the 100 freestyle.

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2016 Women’s Pac-12 Championships: Day 3 Finals Live Recap

Tonight we’ll see a loaded field in the women’s 100 back led by Cal freshman Amy Bilquist, who set a new NAG and Pac-12 meet record with a blazing 50.50 this morning.

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Amy Bilquists Sets New 17-18 NAG Record with 50.50 100 Back

California Freshman Amy Bilquist tore through her personal best in the 100 back to set a new 17-18 NAG and Pac-12 Meet Record, both of which were previously held by her Cal teammate Rachel Bootsma. Bilquist hit the wall at 50.50 during prelims.

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2016 Women’s Pac-12 Championships: Day 3 Prelims Live Recap

It’s day 3 at the women’s Pac-12 Championships in Federal Way and the Stanford women have jumped into the lead with 557 points.

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2016 Women’s Pac-12 Championships Fan Guide: Young Stanford, Reloaded Cal or Red-Hot USC?

A number of stars have cleared out of the Pac-12 since last year, but Olympian Lia Neal leads a loaded Stanford crew looking to knock off defending NCAA champs Cal.

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Big Ten Senior Spotlight: Van Donkersgoed of Northwestern University

The Northwestern Wildcats are one of the younger teams in the Big Ten, with only two seniors on the roster…

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Pelton, Bootsma Blast Backstrokes at Winter Nationals SCY Trials

Cal seniors Liz Pelton (above) and Rachel Bootsma moved into the top 3 in the NCAA in the 200 and 100 yard backstrokes, respectively, on Sunday.

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2015 Winter Nationals: Day 2 Prelims Live Recap

Follow along for live updates from the second day of the 2015 AT&T US Winter National Championships in Federal Way, Washington.

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10 Storylines To Watch, All The Links You Need For The 2015 US Winter Nationals

Michael Phelps makes a rare U.S. Winter Nationals appearance and should have some stellar butterfly battles with Tom Shields.

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Georgia Tech Pool Record Watch: Women’s NCAA Champs Edition

Kelsi Worrell is expected to crush records of all kinds in the butterfly events at NCAAs this season.

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College Swimming Previews: Talent Out, Talent In For #1 Cal

Key Additions: Kathleen Baker (NC – back/IM), Katie McLaughlin (CA – fly/free), Amy Bilquist (IN – free/back), Jennifer Campbell (CA – free/fly), Madi Hurst (NV – breast/IM), Phoebe LaMay (TX…

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Phelps Entered in 6 Races, Adrian Absent from Minneapolis Entries

Michael Phelps will have a heavy lineup at the Arena Pro Swim Series’ first stop of the 2015-2016 season.

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